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The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… but that of St. Peter and St. Paul, in the precinct of the old castle, and the present one of St. Mary and St. Eanswith, … side ys dyked, and ther yn be greate ruines of a solemen old nunnery, yn the walles whereose yn divers places apere … sum of money for the repairing and supporting the old, and erecting new jettees and other works, for the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… reign, was the property of the family of Marins, called in old deeds de Marinis, one of whom, John de Maryns, had a …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… well supposed that after the haven of Lymne and the great old towne ther fayled that Hithe strayt therby encresed and … shyngel the se is sumtyme a quarter, dim. a myle fro the old shore. In the tyme of king Edw 2 ther were burned by … hospital. Higher up on the side of the hill, where the old town of Hythe is supposed once to have stood, are …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… south-westward from it, still known by the name of the Old Haven. The liberty of the cinque ports claims over this … of Rye, but it was begged of the king by another. The old light house has been lately pulled down, and a new one … the bounds of it, of which the most eminent is that of OLD LANGPORT, which as such gave name to the whole hundred in …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… in it, and several rooms vaulted with stone, which in the old deeds of it was named the priory or friery. CHARITIES. … church, which makes it probable the latter was part of the old parish church of St. Mary, and not rebuilt by the …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… granted to Parker all that ruinated house, called the Old Place, in Maidstone, with its appurtenances. ARCHBISHOP …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… little more than a venerable and majestic heap of old and useless buildings of little or no consequence, yet it … the different batteries to play upon it, in lieu of the old one, which was so hollow as to protect the approach of … lodge. In the apartments of this gate are shewn two old keys, an old sword, said to be Csar's, but probaby a …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… Domesday, Romenel, lies the next adjoining southward from Old Romney, to distinguish it from which it was called New … its origin to the decay of the antient port and haven of Old Romney, which being rendered useless by the withdrawing … of the cinque ports, and had annexed as members to it Lid, Old Romney, Dengemarsh, and Oswardestone, and that part of …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… a new name, being from thenceforward called Sandwic, in old Latin, Sabulovicum, that is, the sandy town, and in … shoes, hardware, &c. held on December the 4th, being Old St. Clement's day, and continues two market days; and a … It is in shape an oblong square; the houses are old fashioned and ill built, and the streets, which are in …
The History and Topographical Survey of the County of Kent
… very mean, and unfitting for the purpose. There is a fine old stone, font, standing on four stone pillars, with …